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Saturday, 8 February 2014

Chanel 2.55

Following our review of "Coco's Secret" we decided to do a short piece on the bag that it was centred on- the Chanel 2.55. So names after the date it was released February 1955. It is one of Chanel's biggest achievements and one of the most iconic handbags in the world.

The lining of the handbag was burgunday, to reflect the colour of the uniforms of the convent whihc Chanel grew up in.

The fastening was in the early models a Mademoiselle lock and this changed to the interlocking C's which are more memorable.

Coco Chanel apparently designed the bag because she was fed up carrying bags around, and felt that the modern woman needed to free up her hands and so introduced the shoulder strap. She had originally formed the basic idea for this bag in the 1920s and then re-modelled it in 1955. This bag is so popular that over 50 years later Chanel are still creating bags based around this classic design.